Illustration by Beatrix Potter Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 63: The Three Feathers A long time ago there lived a king who had three sons.  Two ...

(God's Finger) Grimm’s Saga No. 350: Oxen Reveal the Holy Site   Near Matten in a village not far from the mouth of the Fermel Vall...

Grimm’s Saga No. 217 Spring Awakenings: the Time of Dragons Stirring Alpine folk in Switzerland have preserved many legends about drago...

(Click on picture to enlarge.) Grimm’s Saga No. 219: Knight Frankenstein and the Lindworm at the Fountain In ancient times...

From the Gesta Romanorum : The Slings and Arrows of Kingship A very noble king reigned in ancient times. He was wise and rich and had a v...

Hermann Hesse Selects Fairy Tales from the Gesta Romanorum:  Of Satan’s Wickedness and How God’s Judgment Often Remains Hidden In ancient...

(Click on picture to enlarge.) In the next few weeks, the FairyTaleChannel will highlight several fairy tales and legends of the GESTA RO...

In my last two blog posts I have tried to describe the connection between the folk customs of Shrovetide or Carnival and European fairy ...

(Click on picture to enlarge). Carnival Celebrations in Fairy Tale Land: Death by Dancing or the Ship of Fools In 1483 German ch...

  Grotesque Masked Dancing during Carnival, "Morisken Type" or Morris Dancing, characterized by finger snapping, black...

  (Tomi Ungerer, The Joy of Dancing) Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 133 The Shoes that were Danced to Bits There once lived a king w...